An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Dogge

by Friedrich Kluge

Dogge, feminine, ‘bulldog, mastiff’ simply Modern High German, from the equivalent Dutch and English dog (from about 1050 A.D. the word occurs in Anglo-Saxon as docga), whence also French dogue. With regard to High German gg, as a proof of a word being borrowed from Low German, compare Flagge.